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Teaching Resources
The Writing Program’s main mission is to provide instruction to the University’s undergraduate students. Following from this, we have two interrelated obligations. One is to our students: to put the best possible teachers in their classrooms. The other is to our teachers: to provide the support and resources they need to develop as instructors. Our training program for teachers of Basic and College Writing spans their tenure in the Writing Program. We provide a range of support— a week-long orientation; faculty and peer mentors; access to an extensive collection of classroom exercises, activities, and sample lesson plans; a variety of workshops and other events; etc. Instructors participate in the shaping of all aspects of our curriculum, from serving as editors of our course texts to participating in committees working on issues related to technology, diversity, grammar, and other aspects of the teaching of writing. Additional funding allows them to design special projects for their classes. And other employment opportunities let them gain administrative as well as additional teaching experience. For basic employment questions, click here. For Junior Year Writing teaching resources, click here.
Handbook for Instructors
Training & Development
Resource Center Staff
Resource Center Teaching Database
Opportunities for Additional Experience: Special Projects, Experimentals
Forms & Documents (including syllabi & calendars for Englwrit 112)
Campus Links
Other Teaching Resources:
"It's a Process" blog for First Year Writing instructors
Librarians' blog for College Writing (w/ library classroom reservation form)
Library subject guide for College Writing, Unit III
Teaching with Technology
Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism
Teaching Grammar
Teaching Resources from Junior Year Writing
Our argument for requiring 1.5 line spacing in student papers
